Hello Paul

 > could
 > CP> you please advise me as to where one may be able to procure the
 > CP> specifications of the PKT and MSG  format/specifications?

 > FTS-0001.*, available for FREQ.  That will tell you the format of
 > the *.PKT files you are receiving from me.  I receive exactly the
 > same sort of files from you, and all my other feeds (including my
 > main feed, Dave Hatch).

I will freq when I send this message


 >  The mailprocessor I use to take these
 > PKTs and produce new PKTs for other nodes is called "Tobruk", and
 > you can FREQ "TOBRUK" from 3:711/934 to get it.  It includes
 > complete public domain source code.  I would suggest that the
 > place to include user-filtering (and I reckon you'd be very hard
 > up trying to figure out code that can distinguish "rubbish")

What I mean is to be able to filter certain names in the "from"
and/or the "to" fields. In other worda a twit filter but placed
at the source, (ie before the LD charges are accrued)


 > would be when it is ready to write a message to your node.

The most sensible place to do it is when the
tossing is done to each users PKT

 > It
 > would also be possible to do post-processing, whereby you take
 > a PKT file destined to your address, filter out the stuff you don't
 > want and then write a new PKT file.  That way you are not dependant
 > on any mailprocessor, but it has the drawback of having to do extra
 > work, opening the packet etc, instead of having it handed to you on
 > a plate.

Netmgr would do the job, but as you say, it would be a lot of extra work.


 > Perhaps what would be be best is if you wrote a routine that
 > filtered
 > a message "on a plate", which could be used in both Tobruk and in
 > an external utility (which can presumably be written at a later
 > date).
 > There would be a fair bit of stuffing around with thinking about
 > config files though, or I suppose it could be hardcoded, so long as
 > there is a #ifdef around it, and I can treat it as "example" code in
 > Tobruk.  Preferably public domain (explicit notice) code if you want
 > it in Tobruk though.  BFN.  Paul.

Understood.

Thank you for you comments.

Christian

* OLR 5.1 *  Everyone is gifted...some just open the package sooner.

--- FMail/386 0.98